Groaning for the Adoption

So we wait patiently for the day our body is redeemed and our adoption complete. We know that it will be completely free from the curse of sin, no more pain, no more sickness, no more death! For in this hope we were saved. In this life we cannot expect to experience the reality of our glorification but only the hope of it.

Do you have this secure hope? Hope is one of the very great words of the Christian vocabulary. It is one of the three great virtues listed in 1Corinthians What makes it sure and certain is the content.

Hope is centered outside of us. Hope is a steadfast remaining in God waiting on the fulfillment of His promises.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Now hope is expecting something better!

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Hope is the measure of true Christianity. True Christianity has its eye mainly on the world which is to come. Paradoxically, of course, it is only these heavenly-minded people who are able to make any real or lasting difference in the world. New International Version Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.

New Living Translation And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.

English Standard Version And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Berean Study Bible Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Berean Literal Bible And not only so , but we ourselves, even having the firstfruit of the Spirit, also groan ourselves in ourselves, awaiting divine adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. New American Standard Bible And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

King James Bible And not only they , but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit , the redemption of our body.

King James Version (KJV)

Christian Standard Bible Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits--we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. Contemporary English Version The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future.

But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children. This means that our bodies will also be set free. Good News Translation But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free.

Holman Christian Standard Bible And not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits--we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. International Standard Version However, not only the creation, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

NET Bible Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. New Heart English Bible Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

We, who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts, also groan inwardly. We groan as we eagerly wait for our adoption, the freeing of our bodies [from sin].